America’s ‘best hipster neighborhoods’ named

You’d never want to define a hipster, but Forbes has gone and defined the best hipster ‘hoods in America. And two California neighborhoods are at the top.

Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood was named the nation’s top hipster spot, followed by San Francisco’s Mission District.

How to identify a hipster habitat? Forbes teamed with Nextdoor.com to rank neighborhoods based on walkability, local coffee shops, number and quality of food trucks, number and frequency of farmer’s markets, number of locally owned bars and restaurants, and percentage of people “in artistic occupations.” Nextdoor also did surveys and came up with an algorithm to identify hipsterish language on neighborhood site pages.

The two California strongholds edged Brooklyn’s Williamsburg, which was third. East Austin, Texas, was ranked seventh, and Seattle’s Capitol Hill was eighth. Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood was ranked ninth. Houston’s Lower Westheimer barely made it onto the list at No. 20.

So if you’re looking for hipsters, now you know where to go. Thanks Forbes!